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(No Model.)

P. J. SOHREIBER.

TAG PASTE-NEE.

No. 444,371; Patented Jan.6, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

PHILIP J. SCHREIBER, OF DAYTON, OI-IIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DAVID GROSS, OF SAME PLACE.

TAG-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,371, dated January 6, 1891.

Application filed March 8, 1890. Serial No. 343,212- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. SCHREIBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton,'in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Tag-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pin, ring, and button devices for holding cards, bills, &c., for attaching prices and the like to goods or other wares usually displayed by merchants and others. They may also be Worn on the lapel of the coat for holding badges, &c.; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully pointed out, and specifically set forth in the claim. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front top view of my device. Fig. 2 is a side viewshowing but one pin and ring. Fig. 3 is the same view with the hinged button turned back. Fig. iisa view of the stem-plate with journal ends and the duple-pin arm, projections, and lower pin. Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 4 with the lower pin turned upward, forming a loop or hook with the ring added. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of my device with button omitted.

Similar letters refer to like parts in the drawings.

My invention is intended to supply a longfelt want for a simple, durable, and inexpensive device for the use of merchants and others in attaching cards with prices, styles, numbers, &c., to their wares or clothes without in the least disfiguring or injuring them in any way. In the arrangement and construction of my invention I have constantly kept these essential points in view.

In construction and arrangement of parts I have provided a stem-plate A, Fig. 4, with journal ends a a, which work in journalboxes on the under side of the button B, made in any well-known way, whereby a hinge is formed. To the lower sides of the plate A, I have slightly-extended arms I) b, to which pins d d are made fast, as shown in and 3. When the stem-plate A is Figs. 2

stamped or cut out the pin 0 at the bottom is made or becomes a part of the plate A, which is all in one piece, as shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the plate A with the pin 0 curved upward, forming a loop atf and hook, as shown. Straight pins d (l are made fast to the extended arms I; b by soldering or other means. These pins are also looped or formed into hooks, as shown in all the figures by the letter f.

To the top of the stem-plate A, between the journal ends a a, an open ring D is made fast. This ring may be made similar to the well-known key-rings, which is intended for holding additional card upright, if desired.

The several parts are now ready to be put together, when my invention is complete.

In use the pins d dare stuck into the wares. The top of the button is turned upward, as shown in Fig. 3. The card, mark, badge, or other thing is pressed against the sharp end of pin 0, which punctures it. The top is now turned down into its seat, the bottom rim resting upon the end of the pin 0, securely holding the thing attached in its place, hanging down ward. If it is desired to use a large card or bill, a slit may be made in it, the top of the button raised, as shown in Fig. 3, the slit passed over the top, when it is again closed and the card, bill, or other thing is held securely in its place by the button. hen desired,a lower card may be suspended from the pin 0, and an upper card placed in the open ring D, one containing the style of the articlcas, for example, Broadway-the other the price.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a hinged button, of the stem-plate A, provided with lower. extended arms b b, pin 0, ring D, and duple-curved pins cl (Z, made fast to the arms I) b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PHILIP J. SCHREIBER.

Attest:

J OSEPH Gaossr, P. SOUTH. 

